Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

TOI-1723 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-1723, located approximately 328.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.44 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.88 g
  • An orbital period of 13.727 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1135 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 783 K (510 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 328.53 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.287
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,793,576 years

TOI-1723 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.44 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.306 R♃
Mass
10.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.033 M♃
Density
1.60 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.88 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.287
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#203of 1978

top 10.2%

This planet

3.44R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-1723 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.4411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.601.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.882.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0092.360.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 10.400 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 71431780

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1096515188009314688

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1096515188009314688

System

TOI-1723

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.435 R⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.400 M⊕ · percentile 76 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 13.73 d · percentile 47 / cohort 1946
Distance 100.73 pc · percentile 20 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.287 · percentile 25 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
13.727 days
Semi-major axis
0.1135 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 13.73 Earth days (3.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1135 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.090 %

Duration

4.233 h

Impact parameter b

0.353

Rp / R★

0.028690

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,593.9600

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 901 ppm lasting ≈ 4.23 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.028690

Impact parameter (b)

0.353

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,593.9600

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.13000

Eq. Temperature

783K

(510 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

92.36

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.287

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Polanski et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-1723

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,777 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.80 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.090 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.040 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.380 dex

Stellar density

1.132 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
100.73 parsec
Light-years 328.53 ly
V-band magnitude
9.66 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,793,576 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.310.410.37B9.66V9.54Gaia9.10TESS8.48J8.18H8.13K8.11W18.15W28.09W37.33W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

9.899 mas

Total Proper Motion

13.317 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

5.04 mas/yr

PM Declination

12.33 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.165 · y = 0.327 · z = 0.930

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 116.79720° · Dec 68.47668°

Galactic ℓ, b

147.259° · 30.188°

Ecliptic λ, β

103.854° · 46.323°

HTM-20 index

707020801

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